Videos

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Charlotte Video Project: Super Ape

Posted By on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:23 PM

Electronic rock-and-soul quintet Super Ape has been conjuring up instrumental, psychedelic vibes in Charlotte for the last few years, releasing its first single in 2009.

The Charlotte Video Project captured the band's performance at the Visulite Theatre in January. The video is part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

Enjoy this look at the band's performance:

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Charlotte Video Project: Scowl Brow

Posted By on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:36 AM

Scowl Brow's mix of outlaw country and gritty punk rock has quickly won people over in the Charlotte area. Singer Robby Hale's honest, hard-knocks autobiographical songwriting goes perfectly with the band's dirty, down-to-earth brand of music, which can be heard on the band's lone self-titled, six-song EP.

The Charlotte Video Project recently captured the band's performance of at Snug Harbor. The video is part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

Check out the video below, and read more about Scowl Brow here.

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Psy's "Gangnam Style" swarms Internet

Posted By on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 9:45 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, the next "Macarena"...

So, here's the latest dance craze — Psy's "Gangnam Style." It currently has more than 159 million hits. Is it the next "La Vida Loca" or "Party Rock Anthem"? Could it be the big breakthrough of K-pop into the United States?

Either way, it reminds me of this:


And for a refresher:

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Charlotte Video Project: Junior Astronomers

Posted By on Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM

Junior Astronomers' high-energy performances have been winning over fans regionally since its formation in 2007. While it may be surprising that the band has only recorded two EPs in that time, it's no shock that the group values its time on stage much more than being holed up in a studio.

The Charlotte Video Project captured the band's Tremont Music Hall performance in June. The video is part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

Junior Astronomers' gritty post-punk indie rock style returns to Tremont on Oct. 26. Enjoy this look at their performance::

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Charlotte Video Project: Sugar Glyder

Posted By on Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM

Charlotte pop-rock quartet Sugar Glyder, who recently signed to ORG Music, has been hard at work on their debut CD for the label. In the meantime, they've been performing a handful of shows including a spot at this year's Barnstock event in Huntersville.

Members of the Charlotte Video Project caught up with Sugar Glyder at Barnstock for the video clip below. It's part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and Sept. 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

To date, the band has released two full-length albums, We Cracked the Sky (2008) and Poor Baby Zebra (2009), and two EPs, The Unsaid and the Obvious (2006) and Lovers at Lightspeed (2011).

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Charlotte Video Project: Jocelyn Ellis

Posted By on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:30 PM

Former Alpha Theory front woman Jocelyn Ellis may not be fronting a rock band these days, but that hasn't stopped her songwriting.

The Charlotte Video Project captured her acoustic performance of "Pocket of a Rich Man" at the Evening Muse. The video is part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

Enjoy this look at her performance::

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Charlotte Video Project: Brody and Choch

Posted By on Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Charlotte hip-hop duo Brody and Choch doesn't play concerts — they host house party events at big local venues. With a reinvigorated '80s look, the real-life brothers champion classic hip-hop style.

The Charlotte Video Project captured the duo's performance during the Feb. 23 House Party at the Neighborhood Theatre. The video is part of a series of high-quality music videos CL is running between Sept. 11 and 15 in collaboration with the Video Project, an arts venture that set out to document Charlotteans through 100 Web-based videos showcasing the city's arts and culture. From sports to music and more, the Project's mini-documentaries have been giving viewers outside of Charlotte an inside look at what the Queen City has to offer.

The band released The Boys Will Be Boys in 2010 and a mixtape, None Since '96, in 2012. Enjoy this look at the band's performance::

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Luca Brazi releases 360 video

Posted By on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Charlotte MC Luca Brazi has released a video for his song "360." Featuring his laid-back flow and a backdrop of geometric diagrams, Brazi's song follows down the same path set forth on his 2012 mixtape, Brain Food. It's got a reserved energy and steady flow that's worth a listen.

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Friday, June 29, 2012

BBC Southern rock doc includes two CL Charlotte voices

Posted By on Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:14 AM

Earlier this spring, the British Broadcasting Corporation began airing what may be the definitive documentary on the golden age of Southern rock. It features extensive interviews with icons ranging from Gregg Allman and Bonnie Bramlett to Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Patterson Hood of the Drive By Truckers. It also includes several music experts on the topic including not one, but two journalists associated with Creative Loafing Charlotte.

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Sweet Home Alabama - The Southern Rock Saga, an hour-long film directed by James Maycock, examines bands such as the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others that blended blues, country and rock 'n' roll into the down-and-dirty concoction that became known as Southern rock. The British music press has long had a fascination with music from the American South, and Southern rock was extremely popular in the U.K. during the 1970s. The music, born at places like Muscle Shoals Sound and bred on the road, took the world by storm during that transitional time, helped send Jimmy Carter to the white house in 1976 and crashed and burned with the downed plane that killed key members of Lynryd Skynyrd the following year. Behind the music and hard partying was the legacy of race issues held over from the segregated South of the pre-1960s, and this documentary also tackles those issues.

The documentary's details largely come from CL editor Mark Kemp's book Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South. Kemp is a former Rolling Stone editor and MTV editorial executive. He and former CL music editor Kandia Crazy Horse, an award-winning journalist and author of Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock N Roll, both appear in the documentary offering comments on how Southern rock changed the social and musical landscape of the 1970s, in the South and beyond.

The documentary, like Dixie Lullaby, begins with the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and then walks the viewer through the social, political and cultural changes that eventually culminated in the birth Southern rock in studios that had been the province of Southern-identified soul singers such as Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin.

Currently, the BBC has no plans to release the documentary in the United States, but you can watch the entire film at this YouTube link:

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Friday, June 22, 2012

The Avett Brothers on Conan last night

Posted By on Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM

The Avett Brothers may have a new album in the works, but when they appeared on Conan last night, they decided to play an older tune. "Murder in the City" is from the brothers' 2007 EP, The Second Gleam. The sparse, emotional tune showcases Scott's vocals over a simple acoustic backdrop, though the addition of a trombone this time around added a nice dramatic touch.

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